Reel-carrier



(No Model.)

K. MOREHEAD.

REEL CARRIER'. No. 568,916. A Patented 0611.6, 1896.

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KINGLIOREHEAD, OF SALISBURY, MISSOURI.

REEL-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,916, dated October6, 1896.

Application filed June 19,1896.

To tZ whom t may concern..l

Be it known thai, I, KING MoREHEAD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salisbury, in the county of Chariton and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Reel-Carrier, of which the following is aspecication.

The invention relates to improvements in reel-carriers.

The object of the present invention is.to improve the construction ofreel-carriers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient one,Which will be strong and durable, and which Will enable fence-Wire to bereadily gathered and reeled or unreeled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a reel-carrier Whichwill be adapted for stretching fence-wire, and Which will enable Wire tobe readily removed from the spool when it is desired to store the wirefor future use.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reel-carrierconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is 4a longitudinalsectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawy ings. Y

1 designates a supporting-frame comprising a rectangular base 2 andvertical standards 3, mounted centrally on the side bars of the base andprovided with bearing-slots 4 for the reception of a horizontal shaft 5of a wi rereceivin g spool 6. The horizon tal shaft, which has itsterminals squared for the reception of a crank-handle 7, is retained inthe bearing-slots by removable pins 8, passing through perforations ofthe standards and spanning the entrances of the slots 4.

The supportingframe is strengthened by inclined braces 9, extending fromthe standards to the ends of the base and located at opposite sidesthereof. The base 2 is provided at its front with a chain 10 to enablethe supporting-frame to be readily dragged from one place to another,and a caster-Wheel Serial No. 5 96,185. (No model.)

11 supports the front of the base and facilitares moving the frame. Thebase is provided at opposite sides of its front with perforations forthe reception of stakes or pins 12, adapted to be driven into the groundto anchor the supporting-frame at any desired point.

The spool 6 comprises a rigid arm 13 and a pivoted arm 14, adapted to beswung to one side when it is desired to remove Wire from the spoolwithout uncoiling it. The arms are provided at their outer ends withwire-receiving heads 15, presenting outer concave faces for thereception of the Wireto prevent the same from slipping off the spool.

The arm 14 is secured by a pivot 16 to an extension 17 of the other arm,13, and it is held rigid with the extension, when the spool is in use,by a sliding band or sleeve 18, Which is held in place by a removablepin 19, passing through perfor-ations of the band and other registeringperforations of the pivoted arm and the extension. The adjacent faces ofthe extension 17 and the pivoted arm 14 are recessed, so that theadjacent faces of the arms 13 and 14 will be substantially flush, andthe arms 13 and 14 are slightly tapering, which facilitates the outwardmovement of the sleeve when it is desired to swing the pivoted armlaterally.

In order to enable the spool to be readily carried, it is provided,adjacent to the outer ends of its arms, with handles 20, passing throughperforations of the arms and projecting from opposite sides thereof, andthe wi re is centrallysupported by pins 21, located at opposite sides ofthe arms, at the inner terminals thereof, and projecting from oppositesides of the spool.` In removing a load of wire from the spool the pin21, at the side toward which pivoted arm 14 is swung, is removed topermit the removal of the wire. The spool is provided withcentrally-arranged oppositely-disposed cross-pieces 22, havingperforations for the receptionof the pins 21, and located at oppositesidesof the central portion of the horizontal shaft, which has itsportion between the standards squared. The horizontal shaft passesthrough a central opening of the spool, and the latter is secured to theshaft by the pins 21, which pass through perforation-s of the shaft.

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To gather wire whichv has been detached from fence-posts, one end of thestrand of wire is connected to the spool, and the latter is rotated by acrank-handle when the wire is wound upon the spool, and in winding wireone or two crank-handles may be employed, as desired. The wire is guidedto the spool by a horizontal pulley or roll 23 and a pair of verticalpulleys or rolls 24. The horizontal pulleyor roll is journaled insuitable bearings of the supporting-frame at the rear end piece of thebase, and the vertical pulleys or spools are located at the outer sideof the horizontal one under which the wire is passed.

The spool will enable wire to be readily stretched and is held againstbackward move ment by means of a ratchet-wheel 25, mounted on the shaft5, and a pawl 26, pivoted to the adjacent standard and engaging theratchetwheel.

In unreeling new wire the spool 6 may be removed and a shaft may bearranged in the bearing-slots 4 for the reception of the spool of newwire, and the latter may be readily unreeled.

It will be seen that the reel-carrier is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, that it is strong and durable,and that it will enable wireto bereadilygathered in removing fences, and unreeled for fenceconstruction, and readily stretched preparatory to securing the wire tofence-posts. It will also be apparent that the wire, after it has beenwound upon a reel, may be readily removed therefrom without uncoiling itto enable wire to be conveniently stored.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing anyof the advantages of this invention.

What l claim is- 1. In a reel-carrier, the combination of asupporting-frame, a horizontal shaft journaled thereon, and a spoolcomprising a rigid arm provided with an extension, a pivoted arm mountedon the extension of the rigid arm and adapted t0 be swung laterally tofacilitate the removal of wire, a sliding sleeve embracing the extensionand the pivoted arm and securing the arms in alinement, and aremovablelocking-pin holding the sleeve in position, substantially as described.

2'. In a reel-carrier, the combination of a supporting-frame, ahorizontal shaft journaled thereon, and a spool mounted on the shaft andcomprising a rigid arm having an extension,`a pivoted arm connected withthe extension and provided with means for detachably securing it inalinement with the rigid arm, heads arranged at the outer ends of thearms and presenting outer con cave faces for the reception of wire,handles mounted on the arms adjacent to the outer ends thereof, and thecentrally-arranged pins projecting from opposite sides of the spools,substantially as described.

3. In a reel-carrier, the combination of a supporting-frame, ahorizontal shaft journaled thereon, and a spool mounted on the shaft andcomprising a rigid arm having an extension, a pivoted arm connected withthe extension, adapted to be swung laterally and provided with means forholding it in alinement with the rigid arm, centrally-arrangedcross-pieces located at opposite sides of thev shaft and thelcentrally-arranged pins passing through perforations of the cross-piecesand the shaft and securing the spool to the latter, one of the pinsbeing removable, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

KING MOREHEAD. W'itnesses:

J No. W. LooKHART, T. M. RIAL

